[AG-TECH] Hardware concern ...

[Claus Endres]

Hi Tom,

The hardware encoder is not full resolution, it is 2CIF only.

Regards,
Claus.

Tom Oinn wrote:
> Claus Endres wrote:
> 
>> Due to the very high CPU demands, H.264 cannot be used at full
>> resolution at frame rates greater than about 5 fps. This is a
>> single CPU limitation, having multiple CPUs will not help with
>> the current X264 encoder. H.264 works very well at 2 fps or so
>> for a document camera where motion is not an issue but high
>> resolution is required. Using H.264 at 20 fps and PAL resolution
>> is a while away. 
> 
> 
> http://www.dspr.com/www/products/video/compression/pci_encoder/4_channel_h264_pci_encoder.htm 
> 
> 
> Hardware accelerated realtime h.264 encoder with support for 4 30fps 
> streams, sounds promising for this kind of setup. This is a google 
> search rather than a personal recommendation though, anyone played with 
> something like this?
> 
> Tom


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